penguin

joined 1 year ago
[–] penguin@lemmy.fmhy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

My cats like to look out our bedroom window in the morning. We have smart blinds. So I use an Ikea motion sensor to tell when one of my cats goes near our bedroom blinds and one of the blinds then opens just enough for them to look outside.

Another is we have indoor security cameras to spy on said cats when we're away. But when we come home, I use Home Assistant to turn the cameras to face the wall and when we leave, it turns the cameras to face the rooms.

[–] penguin@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Tons of right wing nonsense on youtube

[–] penguin@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, the titanic situation involved submarines, suspense, radar, underwater drones, etc.

The suspense was key, too. A race against the clock of oxygen running out. What happens if the drone finds them, but can't free them? Stuff like that made it a very unique story.

So of course people are more interested in that one.

[–] penguin@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

All fair points. Thanks

[–] penguin@lemmy.fmhy.ml 19 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I was skeptical at first. Decided to give it a shot and, while obviously not perfect, I like it a lot so far.

I think my biggest issue before is actually a feature rather than a bug. I used to think, "federation is too confusing for the average person, it'll never take off".

But considering how hostile the average comment is on Reddit, keeping the "average" user away might be the best thing about Lemmy.

[–] penguin@lemmy.fmhy.ml 20 points 1 year ago

This is like how some companies view their IT teams:

  • Everything's working, why do we pay you?
  • Stuff's broken, why do we pay you?
[–] penguin@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Doesn't the fediverse have privacy problems too? Or was that incorrect?

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